Love this response by one of my A2 Photography students, Amaryllis Garland, to the work of Laura Letinsky and her exam theme ‘discord’. You can see more of her work here.

The tradition genre of still life often bores students rigid, but by using more contemporary artists, the world of objects becomes far more interesting. I particularly like the work of Peter Fischli & David Weiss and Alina Szapocznikow, who is currently showing the The Photographers Gallery in London.

Strobe 4, originally uploaded by Fortismere Art & Photography Department.

This project worked really well – one of our Year 13 students, Patrick Raimondi-Taylor, recently brought in a strobe and took photos for his photography exam project ‘transition’ using a long exposure and low ISO. He’s got some great results – visit his Flickr site and leave a comment.

Next year, I hope to make creating a digital portfolio a prerequisite of the A-Level course so that students are use to sharing and managing assets online.